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Coffee Break Portuguese

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Learn Portuguese with teacher Rafael and his student Ava. Each lesson is like going for a coffee with your friend who happens to speak Portuguese and is helping you learn in a relaxed, enjoyable way. Coffee Break Portuguese does not focus on European or Brazilian Portuguese specifically: instead you'll be learning to use Portuguese in a way you'll be understood throughout the Portuguese-speaking world. Rafael, our main teacher, is from Brazil, but you'll also get to know Catarina from Portug ...
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Welcome to a new episode... on location in Portugal! It's time to put everything we've learned in our course so far into practice in real-life situations. Over the next 10 episodes, we’re going to be following Ava’s trip to Portugal. Back in the studio, Rafael and her will listen to the conversations recorded while she was there and discuss the int…
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Thank you for listening! If you would like to support my work and help me continue making great content in Portuguese for you, please go to: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1392994/support Olá, Hello! In today's new episode, I will speak about one of my passions - ballet - and what I have been up to lately. Furthermore, I will share what I will do in th…
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Thank you for listening! If you would like to support my work and help me continue making great content in Portuguese for you, please go to: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1392994/support Olá! Hello! In this episode I am back to my more informal approach, where I simply "have a conversation" with you about different topics. This week's topic is São Joã…
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We've reached lesson 30 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this episode we're reviewing everything we've learned in our beginner's course so far. We’ll be doing this by listening to and studying two short dialogues, which contain words and phrases on many of the topics we’ve covered. After this episode, we will be taking a break and will be back with e…
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Are you thinking about giving Birth in Portugal? There are so many questions around this topic, so I interviewed Iliona from BirthInPortugal, who is an expert on the field, and has helped many expecting mothers in Portugal. She will share with us the most asked questions around this topic and give some insights about the process of having a baby in…
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In lesson 29 of Coffee Break Portuguese, we're learning how to make a phone call in Portuguese. Join Rafael and Ava to find out what to say when you answer the phone in Portuguese, learn other useful phrases you'll need for a telephone conversation, and hear everything in context in a practice dialogue. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus mate…
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Welcome to lesson 28 of Coffee Break Portuguese! The topic of this lesson is free time. We’re going to learn how to talk about your hobbies and the activities you enjoy doing, as well as how to say when and how often you do them, using adverbs of frequency in Portuguese. We'll also be joined by Catarina in a Cafezinho com Catarina all about Portugu…
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In lesson 27 of Coffee Break Portuguese, we’re covering another useful, everyday topic – telling the time. We’ll learn how to ask someone for the time, how to say what the time is in Portuguese, and how to say at what time events start and end. Vamos lá! If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each le…
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Olá! The topic of today's lesson is work. In this episode we're learning new vocabulary to refer to different types of work and professions, as well as finding out how to ask someone what their job is and how to talk about what you do. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can acces…
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We've reached lesson 25 of our course and today's topic is describing people in Portuguese. We'll be learning useful words and phrases to describe someone's appearance and say what they are like. This means that we'll also be reviewing the basics of adjective agreement in Portuguese. Finally, we'll be joined by Catarina, who has a fascinating cultu…
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In lesson 24 of Coffee Break Portuguese we're covering two essential topics to help you take your beginner's Portuguese further. Join Rafael and Ava to learn how to conjugate regular verbs in the present tense and learn the Portuguese alphabet. Vamos lá! If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each le…
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Welcome to lesson 23 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson we're covering the transactional language that you'll need on a trip to the pharmacy in a Portuguese-speaking location. We'll be learning how to ask for medicine and ask how to take it, as well as other useful words and phrases on the topic of health. This episode expands on what we le…
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In lesson 22 of our course, teacher Rafael and learner Ava are talking about aches and pains, and how to say that you’re not feeling well. We’ll be learning some parts of the body in Portuguese, how to say that we are experiencing a problem with one of these, the vocabulary for some other health problems, and some other useful phrases that you can …
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Are you considering language learning with ChatGPT? If you are studying European Portuguese you might have tried to learn with ChatGPT. While it can be a great tool, you have to consider these disadvantages, so you don't learn Portuguese incorrectly. Check my All-In-One Portuguese Course here: https://school.learn-portuguese.org/?utm_source=podcast…
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You'll know your Portuguese is getting better when you see these 5 things happening. 👉🏼 WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/StQ_4E176KM ✅ Do you want to learn European Portuguese in a structured and fun way and become part of our community within Mia Esmeriz Academy? If yes, feel free to check out my FREE TRAINING, where I will speak ab…
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Welcome back to another lesson of Coffee Break Portuguese! We’re now halfway through our 40-lesson course and in lesson 21 we are talking about the weather. We’ll be learning how to ask what the weather is like today and what it is going to be like tomorrow, how to answer these questions to describe various types of weather, and hear a weather fore…
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Learn Portuguese with these (non-language related) Portuguese YouTubers. Immersing yourself as much as possible into the language when learning European Portuguese is a great way to improve. In this video, I will speak about some YouTubers from Portugal that I think create great content that you might watch to improve your Portuguese. The Portugues…
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Use the coupon code "2024" at checkout and get a 30% discount on any of my courses. Let me help you achieve your Portuguese Language Goals For 2024: https://start.learn-portuguese.org/new-year-2024-all-courses?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=new+year+2024&utm_content=5+tips+to+learn+portuguese+in+2024 👉🏼 WATCH THIS EPISODE ON…
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We've reached lesson 20 of Coffee Break Portuguese, which marks the halfway point in our beginners' course. In this episode we’re reviewing what we’ve learned throughout the first 19 lessons. We’ll be doing this by listening to a dialogue that incorporates many of the topics we’ve covered so far. We hope you enjoy seeing how much you’ve learned ove…
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This lesson of Coffee Break Portuguese is all about travel. Join Rafael and Ava to learn the phrases you need to know when dealing with travel situations in a Portuguese-speaking country, including using public transport and buying travel tickets. We'll also listen to a practice dialogue set in a train station and hear from Catarina in today's Cafe…
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Welcome to lesson 18 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson we are talking about how to ask for directions and how to give directions in town. If you haven't already listened to episode 8 of our course, we would recommend finding it wherever you're listening to this episode, as we'll be expanding on what we learned in that lesson. Vamos lá! If …
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In lesson 17 of Coffee Break Portuguese we're taking what we learned in our previous lesson a stage further and continuing with the topic of shopping. This time, we're at the market, and we're applying some of the same language to a new context, as well as learning lots of new words for the food items you might find there and how to express quantit…
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Welcome to lesson 16 of Coffee Break Portuguese! This is the series in which we're learning Portuguese right from the beginning, along with Rafael and Ava. The topic of this lesson is shopping. We're learning some transactional language that will come in useful when you’re in a shop. We learn the words for different types of souvenirs, and how to a…
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The topic of lesson 15 of Coffee Break Portuguese is numbers. Join Rafael and Ava as they count up to the thousands in Portuguese, and learn the days of the week, the months of the year, as well as some helpful phrases which use numbers and dates. We learned the numbers up to 10 in lesson 6 of our course, so if you haven't already listened to that …
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Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava for lesson 14 of Coffee Break Portuguese. Today, we are learning transactional language that you can use in a hotel scenario, including how to make a reservation and ask about the facilities. We'll hear a dialogue between two Portuguese speakers and we'll also learn a little more about one particular country wher…
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Bem-vindos a Coffee Break Portuguese lesson 13! In this lesson we are expanding on what we learned in lesson 12, in which we were talking about how to order in a restaurant. We’ll be taking this a step further and talking about how to express likes and dislikes, and say what you can and can’t eat. We'll also learn some other useful phrases which wi…
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Olá! In this episode of Coffee Break Portuguese we're learning vocabulary and phrases that will come in useful if you’re going to a restaurant. We’ll be learning how to ask for a table and how to order a meal, as well as the words for some specific dishes from the Portuguese-speaking world. This is the 12th lesson of our course, so if you haven't y…
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We're back with episode 11 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson, Rafael and Ava are talking about the transactional language that you'll need to know to order drinks in a café. We’ll also be joined by Catarina in today’s Cafezinho com Catarina, in which we’ll find out more about coffee-drinking habits in the Portuguese-speaking world. Vamos l…
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We have reached lesson 10 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this review lesson we go over what we learned in the first nine lessons of the season. We talk through the key points we’ve covered so far, then practise by listening to a dialogue. We hope you enjoy seeing how much you’ve learned over the past nine lessons! If you'd like to take advantage of…
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We've reached lesson nine of Coffee Break Portuguese – the series that will teach you Portuguese right from the beginning. In this lesson we’re talking about something which is very important to us here at Coffee Break Languages … and that is language! We’ll be learning some helpful phrases that you can use to express that you don’t understand some…
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We're back with another episode to help you learn Portuguese on your coffee break. In our eighth lesson we're delving further into the topic of places in town. Join Rafael and Ava to learn some more words and phrases that you should now if you're visiting a new Portuguese-speaking town or city, and learn how to understand and give directions. This …
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Olá! Welcome to another episode of Coffee Break Portuguese. Our topic for today is places in town. Rafael and Ava will cover some useful words and phrases to help you find your way around a town or city and talk about how to ask for directions. This lesson is an introduction to the topic and we’ll be taking it further in lesson 8. If you'd like to …
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Join Rafael and Ava in the latest episode of Coffee Break Portuguese, in which we're learning how to count from 1–10, how to ask for and give telephone numbers, and how to give more information about your family using numbers. We'll also be joined by Catarina for more listening practice and some learning about Portuguese names in today's Cafezinho …
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We've reached episode 5 of Coffee Break Portuguese! In this lesson Rafael and Ava are covering another useful topic for when you're travelling in the Portuguese-speaking world or meeting someone who speaks Portuguese – how to introduce your family. We'll be learning some of the words for different family members, as well as how to say what they are…
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Ready to learn some more Portuguese on your coffee break? In this fourth lesson, we'll be learning how to ask someone where they live and how to talk about where you live. We'll also be taking some of our knowledge from previous episodes a step further by learning how to use the verb ser ("to be") to talk about where other people are from, as well …
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Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava in this third episode of Coffee Break Portuguese. This time, we'll be focusing on talking about where you're from and learning some words for different nationalities. If you'd like to take advantage of bonus materials, lesson notes and a video version of each lesson, you can access the full Coffee Break Portugues…
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We're back with Lesson 2 of Coffee Break Portuguese! This time we'll learn some more greetings that you can use at different times of the day, how to ask what someone's name is, and how to introduce yourself. Rafael and Ava also talk about how to address people formally and informally across different areas of the Portuguese-speaking world. If you'…
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Welcome to this first episode of Coffee Break Portuguese! Join teacher Rafael and learner Ava to start learning Portuguese right from the beginning. In our first lesson we'll be learning key words and phrases like "hello", "goodbye" and "thank you". We'll also learn how to ask "how are you?" and some possible ways to answer this. So, if you're read…
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In this short introductory episode of Coffee Break Portuguese, teacher Rafael and learner Ava explain what’s to come in this series for beginners in Portuguese. We hear more about the types of topics that will be covered to help us when travelling to a place where Portuguese is spoken. We also get to know more about Rafael, Ava and Catarina and the…
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Coffee Break Portuguese is a language-learning podcast from Coffee Break Languages, for complete beginners. Throughout this 40-lesson series, teacher Rafael guides learner Ava from the very beginning of her Portuguese-learning journey and equips her (and you as the listener!) with the skills required to communicate throughout the entire Portuguese-…
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Use the coupon code "2023" at checkout and get a 30% discount on any of my courses. Let me help you achieve your Portuguese Language Goals For 2023: https://school.learn-portuguese.org/courses?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=description&utm_campaign=new-year-2023&utm_content=portuguese+goals+for+2023 Learn how to introduce yourself in Portuguese with…
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👉🏼 WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/3LPklGMO-us ✅ Do you want to learn European Portuguese in a structured and fun way and become part of our community within Mia Esmeriz Academy? If yes, feel free to check out my FREE TRAINING, where I will speak about 10 SECRETS to learn European Portuguese Fast and Effectively: https://learn-portu…
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👉🏼 WATCH THIS EPISODE ON YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/5wdh_UxRXLc ✅ Do you want to learn European Portuguese in a structured and fun way and become part of our community within Mia Esmeriz Academy? If yes, feel free to check out my FREE TRAINING, where I will speak about 10 SECRETS to learn European Portuguese Fast and Effectively: https://learn-portu…
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Do you know these FAMOUS PORTUGUESE PEOPLE? Probably you have seen them performing in their different fields of work, and some of them you might not even have known were Portuguese! Link mentioned in the video: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catarina_Furtado Do you want to learn European Portuguese in a structured and fun way and become part of our …
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In this new video Virginia and I will be speaking about some cultural differences (and similarities!) between Portugal and Brazil. Do you know that although we have our own "national personalities", which gives us our own identity, in fact, we are very similar in many things? If you would like to know more, check out the video, leave us a comment a…
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"De nada" means "You're welcome" in European Portuguese. But there are many different ways to say this! Learn 5 alternatives to say DE NADA in Portuguese. You will also learn one situation where you MUST NOT answer with "De nada". Timestamps: 00:00 How to say You're welcome in Portuguese 01:19 Alternative for De Nada in Portuguese #1 01:41 Alternat…
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How are the typical Portuguese women? Am I a typical Portuguese woman? Also, do you know the number ONE MYTH about the women from Portugal? Important: These are of course, just some stereotypes taken out of the internet, but if you come to Portugal, you will see that there is a variety of people, with a variety of features and traits of character. …
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Learn how to say the different body parts in Portuguese. Do you know the feeling, when you are at a doctor's appointment in Portugal, but you are struggling for words to explain where it hurts? Well, search no more! Here are 50+ words related to body parts in European Portuguese. 00:00 Why learning the body parts in Portuguese? 00:42 The body / O c…
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